 | For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts Advice to Women by Barbara Ehrenreich
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $7.46 A fascinating critique of Western societies "opinion" of women. We have come far, but not far enough.
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 | The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $4.50 The first Feminist book I have ever read. It is a staple of any Women's Studies Scholar's bookshelf. It's amazing how relevant it still is in our lives today.
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 | Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World by Linda R. Hirshman
Buy used from: $5.47 This may be hard to swallow for stay at home mom's or women who believe that it's their "choice" to stay home and that it is doing no harm to our society. After reading Hirshman's logic I understand how important it is for women to "Get to Work". It is the only way we will ever win equality in the workforce and especially at home. Because that is where inequality starts.
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 | Our Bodies, Ourselves: A New Edition for a New Era by Boston Women's Health Book Collective
Buy new: $18.20 / Used from: $9.84 This is THE Women's Health Resource. Accept no substitute!
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 | The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Buy new: $2.50 / Used from: $0.01 I usually don't get too much into fiction. But this short story is a gem. Perkins is a brilliant yet tragic woman. This story will stay with you, guaranteed.
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 | The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.86 This fantasy is comparable to Western societies today. Women's lives are completely degraded and controlled in this fictitious society. The hearts and words of these women will carry with you forever. I read it about 3 years ago and it comes to my mind often.
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 | The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf
Buy new: $10.79 / Used from: $4.49 Anything my Naomi Wolf is sure to be a brilliant read for any feminist. But this text in particular hits close to home. It makes us question beauty standards in our society, and how woman are constantly constrained and hurt by this standard.
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 | Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.79 Recommended for feminists interested in the political aspect of women's choices, "protection" and degraded in our legal system. This book whole-heartily proves that the women's movement is NOT over and we need vocal and proud Feminists now more than ever.
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 | Erotica: Women's Writing from Sappho to Margaret Atwood by Margaret Reynolds
Buy new: $19.00 / Used from: $0.01 A great "leisure" read.
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 | Chaste Liberation: CELIBACY AND FEMALE CULTURAL STATUS by Sally Kitch
Buy used from: $3.15 Highly interesting and intelligent overview and critique on a few celibate societies and how their seemingly constraining rigid sex rules actually proved to be freeing and helped create a more egalitarian society for women.
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 | Cunt: A Declaration of Independence Expanded and Updated Second Edition by Inga Muscio
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $5.18 What can I say? It's the book I have always wanted to read. It is a source of power and pride. It as humorous as it is inspiring.
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 | Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $5.06 Hilarious and accessible to any woman living in our "raunchy" culture. You won't be disappointed.
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 | Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes by Sharon Lamb Ed.D.
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $5.51 This is a MUST for mothers or anybody else concerned with the exploitation of young girls' sexuality. You will never look at shopping for a girls' present/clothing the same again.
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 | Misconceptions: Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood by Naomi Wolf
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.72 Wonderful book for any woman questioning the "natural" call to motherhood. Wolf gives it to us straight.
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